Combined finger and ring gauge



. 0st. 13, 1931. K. H. KQOYOOMJIAN 1,827,702 7 COMBINED FINGER AND RING GAUGE Filed Aug. 10, 1928 i.\\\\w%l lllllllllll Elam-.4 4

Patented Oct. 13, 1931 juNi-ran 'FS'VIIAYTES PATENT OFFICE xAREkmn xooYoomJmN, or raovrnnncn, moms ISLAND the comBInnnmNGER AND RING GAUGE Application med August 10,,1928. S erial No. 298,653;

This inventionrelates t'o improvementsin "measuring instruments, hav n for an ob ect topro'vide afdevice capable o beingused in 'themeasuring' and determining of the standardizedsize of a persons fingers and finger rings, dispensing-with the necessity of the now prevalent and somewhat intricate types of devices comprehending a comparatively great number of measuring rings and the .so called ring stock graduated to thirteen or 'more sizes and by "consequence, materially simplifying the procedure associate with "such size finding.

' Itis also an equally important object of invention to provide a device of the character mentioned so constructed that the same may be adjusted as toaccurately measure the 'size of a persons finger or of a finger ring, and to indicate the particular size of such measurement upon a scale carried by the device. 1 v

Other objectso'ftheinvention will be in p'irt obvious and in part pointed out hereinaterp In order that the invention and itsmode of operation mayf'be readily understood by those skilled .in theart to which it appertains,fI have in the accompanying illustrativ'e drawings'andinthe detailed following description based thereupon, set out one possible embodiment of the invention.

In these drawings: I

Figure 1 is an elevation of one side of the improved measuring device.

Figure 2 is an end elevation tion of the same,

Figure 3 is an elevation of the opposite side of the measuring device.

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1, looking in or edge elevathe direction in which the arrows point, and

Figure 5 is a similar View taken on the line 55 of Figure 1, looking in the direction in which the arrows point.

Having more particular reference to the drawings, in connection with which like characters of reference will designate corresponding parts throughout, the improved measuring device may be stated to comprise a pair of oppositely curved yet similarly shaped finger engaging arms, indicated by the numerals 1 and 2, said arms being provided with hearing portions 3 having openings formed therein and through which a securing rivet 4 is passed, the-opposite ends of said rivet being engaged through locking caps 5 and then being'upset'or swaged, as indicated at 6. In this connection, it will be noted that the pivotally interconnected portions of the arms 1 and 2 are reduced and that these reduced portions are crossed and then pivotally interconnected through the medium-of the rivet 4, aforesaid, thus, permitting the device to be manufactured in compact form and at the salne time, to effect a durable pivotal connectionbetween said arms.

The finger engaging arm 1 is formed with a substantially straight extension 7 having an enlarged and apertured intermediate portion 8, while a segmental graduation carrying finger 9 is fixedly arranged upon the free extremity of said extension and disposed laterally thereof, as is well shown in the F igures 1 and 3; the free end of this finger 9 be ing formed with a lip portion 10 adapted to serve as an effectual stop, the purpose of which will be subsequently described.

This graduation carrying finger 9, as will be noted upon reference to the Figures 1 and" 2, has a series of standardized size indicating graduations generally indicated by the nu- Ineral 11 and 12 inscribed upon the opposite sides of the same, the graduations 11 serving as finger standardized measurements and the graduations 12' being adapted to serve as standardized finger ring measurements.

" The finger engaging arm 2 is also formed with a substantiallystraight extension indicated .by'the numeral 13, the free end of piece having a pointed free extremity and designated by the numeral 15, is secured to the opposite side of said pointer portion 14,

this right angularly formed piece 15 having embracing engagement with the finger 9 and the'pointed portion thereof being adapted to cooperate with the graduations 12, hereinbefore referred to. i

That the finger engaging arms or portions 1 and 2 may be relatively adjusted, that is, moved with relation to eachother, I

en a in the. same throu h an enm C? b I 6 formed in the intermediate port-ion of the ex tension 13, as is well shown in the Figures land 3. The'free portion or extremity of this arcuate screw-threaded'-"shank 16 is brought into engagementwith and through a screw-threaded opening'formed inan'adjusting nut 17 arrangedwithin-theapertured-V intermediate portion 8 of the extension 7, while said free extremities ofthe 'shank 16 isalso passed through anapertu'red ear 18 integral "with a vportion ofsaid extension 7 and ad acent to theapertured intermediate 3 portion 8 thereof;

Thus, lli'NVlllbB understood, that turning of the adjusting nut 17 whose marginal portion is preferably, serrated or knurled,

,, lreletlve pivotal movement will be impartedto the extensions? and13, and simultaneouslyc with this 'movement,: corresponding relative movement will be imparted to the. finger en- ;gagingportions or arms land 2, hereinbefore referred-to; -z 1 i 3 r Movement-of the pointer carrying portion cofqthe-extension l3'over the graduated finger portion 9 will be limited in one direction'by reasonof the ultimate engagement of the .same with the lip portion 10, while move- ;mentofsaid extension in anopposite direction will, of course,-be limited'by engagement of said extension with an adj acent portion of thezexten'sion 7, Consequentlyupon this, it

will be understood and appreciated that the l adjustable movement of the arms land 2- and theirrespectiveextensions 7 and 13 willbe limitedtothe' confines of that space occurring between said lip 10 and the exten'sion '7.

. In usingmy improved'measuring device, -Wl1611'1t 1s desiredto measure and determine the size of a personlsfinger, the finger enga ing portions, or arms 1 and 2 arermov ed to such relativepositions'as to permit of the loose arranging or introd'uction of a ,persons finger th'erebetweeni;v Following this, theadjusting nut 17 'is' rotated in a direction to cause movement of saidiarms 1- and 2 into contact provide ,"an arcuate screw-threaded shank 16, bending -one end of said shank into substantially right angular formation and loosely or pivotally "modification as is within arms into light contactwith the inner periphery of the particular finger ring being measured. Vhen the contact is e-ifected the per-- son taking the measurement then refers to the graduations 12 upon the finger 9 and that particular graduation adjacent the pointer portion 1 5 of the extension 13 willindicate the particular standardized size.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerable modification and such the scope of my claim, I consider within the spirit of myinvention? What I claim is: s A' combined fingerand ring gauge com (prising, their intermediate portions, said arms; having their-opposing end, portions'onone side of; their pivotal point," curved to converge towards each; other, for engaging a:-- finger; means formed upon the extremities; of'said a pair 'of armspivoted together at convergingendportions of the armszfor engaging the mnenper'lphery of a-.r1ng;'ameas-. urement ind cating member carried-byone of said'arms, on the other side of the pivot,

said memberhavinggraduations on one face thereof to indicate the finger v sizes and different graduations on its otherifaceto indicate ring slzes; means'carrled by the remaining arm and cooperating with said measurement indicating member to determine the size of the finger orring engaged at the ens ei end of the'arms; an arcuate shank screw threaded throughout its length, pivotally secured at one end to one of saidv arms and slidably connected at its free end to'the other arm; and, an adjusting nut received on said shankand'adaptedto act upon. the latter for imparting a relative movement to the in bearing engagement with the: arm having I slidable'connection with said shank, for lock- .ing the armsin their adjusted positions and preventing 7 their relative; movement in any direction. Y

In testimony whereof-l affiir signature. KAREKIN H. KOOYOOMJIAN.

withvadjacentportions of said finger. When Q I i i fected, that is, by rotating the adjusting nut c Q I 17 in a direction to bring the appurtenances, 65 20 formed with the outer extremities of said i r armsand'adjustingthefsametsaid nut being 

